Thursday, June 13, 2013

Germans accuse Obama of creating a new Stasi

Germans, whose countrymen suffered first-hand under two of the 20th centuries worst tyrannies, are accusing Obama of creating a new police state. Reuters reports:

German outrage
over a U.S. Internet spying program has broken out ahead of a visit by
Barack Obama, with ministers demanding the president provide a full
explanation when he lands in Berlin next week and one official likening
the tactics to those of the East German Stasi.…

Government
surveillance is an extremely sensitive topic in Germany, where memories
of the dreaded Stasi secret police and its extensive network of
informants are still fresh in the minds of many citizens.…

Markus
Ferber, a member of Merkel's Bavarian sister party who sits in the
European Parliament, went further, accusing Washington of using
"American-style Stasi methods". [Emph. added]

America, once home of the free, is now the land of the new Stazi.

Not mentioned in the Reuters article is that Obama is also, reminiscent of East Germany, using the government to harass, attack, and intimidate his political opposition. The tactics range from using the IRS to silence opposition groups, illegal leaking of donor lists, to permitting the New Black Panthers to stand at polling booths with billy clubs.

The immigration bill winding its way through Congress promises to create tens of millions of new illiterate voters, creating the kind of electorate that is most vulnerable to demagogues.

In 2008, Obama promised to "fundamentally transform" America. He appears to be succeeding.